If the title is snatched from Liverpool’s grasp again, few people will understand Jurgen Klopp’s pain like Brendan Rodgers. The Northern Irishman came within a well-documented Steven Gerrard slip of leading the Reds back to the top of English football after a 24-year wait in 2014.
Six years on with the club just two wins away, lightning could strike twice if, despite the best efforts of the Premier League, the season is curtailed. “They've clearly been consistently the best team,” said Rodgers, currently third with Leicester. “The level that they've been playing at, the quality - they’ve just been absolutely fantastic. “So it would be an absolute shame if they don't get the chance to to lift the title. “They’ve been waiting so, so long -